ARM reveals more Cortex-A72 info, promises excellent efficiency
Published in PC Hardware


50% more efficient than Cortex-A15 on same node

ARM has revealed a few interesting figures about the upcoming Cortex-A72 core, promising to deliver exceptional efficiency and performance. 

ARM 10nm and 16nm FinFET Cortex designs leaked
Published in PC Hardware


Ares, Prometheus, Artemis, Ananke and Mercury

ARM’s upcoming Cortex-A parts designed for 10nm and 16nm FinFET processes have been leaked, and someone at ARM is clearly a fan of Greek mythology.

Strong ARM tactics yield results
Published in News
Tuesday, 21 April 2015 13:00

Strong ARM tactics yield results


Cash pile building

Chip designer ARM reported a 36 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit amid strong demand for its technology.

ARM buys two IoT outfits
Published in IoT
Monday, 20 April 2015 17:58

ARM buys two IoT outfits


Because you can never have too many

British chip designer ARM has been writing cheques to buy two outfits to give it an edge on the Internet of Things market.

Google and Intel to speed up Android updates
Published in Mobiles


At least on Intel gear

Intel and Google want to slash the wait time for users to get Android updates.

Chipmakers are skipping Cortex-A57, what are the implications?
Published in PC Hardware


Analysis: Stuck with Cortex-A53, next stop Cortex-A72

The 64-bit Cortex-A57 core is ARM’s latest and greatest CPU design, but very few chipmakers are actually building products based on this flagship core. In fact, many are skipping it altogether, so what’s going on here? 

Surface 3 will be armless
Published in AI
Thursday, 26 March 2015 11:32

Surface 3 will be armless


Surface 3 is back to Wintel

Microsoft is working on a Surface 3 and is apparently determined that it will not be stuffed up by RT.

AMD sneaks out 64-bit ARM server details
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:11

AMD sneaks out 64-bit ARM server details


For shareholder's eyes only

Buried in AMD's shareholders' report, there was a some suprising detail about the outfit's first ARM 64-bit server SoCs.

World’s first Cortex-A72 SoC spotted at MWC 15
Published in PC Hardware


MediaTek MT8173 runs prototype tablet 

We had a chance to see the world’s first Cortex-A72 CPU core in the quad-core MediaTek 8173 SoC.

AMD hopes 15% of servers will be ARM-based
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 05 March 2015 07:51

AMD hopes 15% of servers will be ARM-based

 

By 2019 says, CFO

AMD definitely plans to win back some market share in the server space with ARM-based chips.